Faculties

This faculty is ranked fourth in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2016-2017). The Faculty of Arts & Humanities includes the traditional arts and humanities departments of English, Philosophy, Greek and Latin, and the School of European Languages and Cultural and Society (SELCS). The faculty also includes the Slade School of Fine Art, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, International Studies, and undergraduate programmes in European Social and Political Studies, the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc), and the many inter-disciplinary MA Programmes.

Latest Arts & Humanities News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

Music is identified as a key influence on great
poets and novelists of the past century in a landmark book by Professor Dominic Wyse (UCL Institute of Education). The book, "How Writing Works" is being discussed at
the British Educational Research Association’s (BERA) conference this week.

UCL Bartlett is the university's global faculty of the built environment, whose schools and sections operate at the leading edge of ten distinct fields from architecture, planning and spatial analysis to energy, project management and development in the global south.

Latest Built Environment News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

The number of LGBTQ+ venues in London has fallen by 58% from 125 to 53 since 2006, according to a new report published today by the UCL Urban Laboratory, and commissioned by the Mayor of London and Greater London Authority (GLA).

Latest Brain Sciences News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

Clarivate Analytics uses citations to forecast Nobel Prize winners by identifying extreme impact in research. Each year they mine millions of citations in the Web of Science to
identify top-tier researchers in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry – fields recognised by the Nobel Prizes in
science.

People suffering in the late stages of dementia receive most
of their healthcare from GPs or emergency services rather than from specialist
health care professionals, despite them having complex needs, researchers at
UCL have found.

The scientists and engineers from this faculty take discoveries from life sciences, pure maths, psychology and many other areas, mix them together, add create their own innovations, producing solutions the world needs.

Latest Engineering Sciences News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

Science teaching should convey the applications of science and the careers that it can lead to in order to increase pupils’ engagement, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

Latest Laws News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

This faculty specialises in life science disciplines ranging from neuroscience to the biology of molecules, cells and organisms, as well as drug discovery, formulation sciences and medicines use and health.

Latest Life Sciences News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

The source of spontaneous, high-amplitude
bursts of activity seen in the brains of preterm babies, which are vital for
healthy development, has been identified by a team led by researchers at UCL
and King’s College London.

Latest Mathematical & Physical Sciences News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

A group-analysis of 30 exoplanets orbiting distant stars suggests that size, not mass, is a key factor in whether a planet’s atmosphere can be detected according to a UCL-led team of European researchers.

Professor John Martin (UCL Medical Sciences) has commented on a recent study which suggests incorporating exercise into everyday life is more likely to protect us from heart disease and early death than buying a gym membership. Read: The Guardian, More: Express

Latest Population Health Sciences News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

This faculty represents an area of knowledge where humanities and science meet. Offering a diverse area of study, departments within the faculty are ranked within the top 20 in the world. Alongside Economics, Geography, History, History of Art and Political Science departments, the faculty also includes the Institute of Americas and the Institute of Archaeology.

Latest Social & Historical Sciences News

UCL has again made the top ten in the latest rankings of UK
universities by The Times and The Sunday Times which also includes new figures
showing that UCL’s graduates are among the highest paid six months after
leaving.

A new approach to teaching economics in universities and
pioneered at UCL is spreading throughout the world and has earned plaudits from
commentators, academics and students. Anyone anywhere in the world has access
for free to the ebook The Economy
produced by a global collaboration of economists. This month, to complement the
free ebook, Oxford University Press will publish a physical book.

The UCL Constitution Unit today launches an Independent
Commission on Referendums, bringing together a group of very senior figures
to deliberate on the use and conduct of referendums in the UK. The Commission
will meet over 8 months, take evidence, and produce a report and detailed
recommendations in summer 2018.